Finally, Matty Healy of The 1975 shares his thoughts on Taylor Swift’s latest album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” which reportedly features songs related to their past relationship. When the interviewer casually inquired about Swift’s rumored diss track, Healy half-jokingly responded that he wouldn’t be aware of it as he hadn’t listened to the album yet. Fans of the album, which was released just last April 19, have been re-reading the lyrics, finding digs at Healy regarding their whirlwind fling.
Despite the interviewer’s explicit mention of only one diss track, many speculate that several other songs are indeed about Healy. The title track has a lyric about typewriters, something she and Healy had in common. She also mentions Charlie Puth, whom Healy has previously been complimentary about. Another song, “But Daddy, I Love Him,” seems to be referring to the difficulties of having relationships analyzed in the public eye.
Despite the naysayers, what’s really making news right now is “The Tortured Poets Department.” It has just broken records to become the fastest album to hit a billion streams in one week on Spotify. Projections are also putting in sales of over two million units in the first week, which would categorize it as an “enormous cultural phenomenon.”
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